Hakluyt's Promise: An Elizabethan's Obsession for an English America
by Mancall, Peter C
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- ISBN 13
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Hakluyt's Promise: An Elizabethan's Obsession for an English America, Mancall, Peter C. Published by Yale University Press, 2007. First Edition. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 378pp. with illustrations, note to methods & sources, abbreviations, chapter notes, references, index. Burgundy boards with gilt titles. Volume is in fine, unread condition; unclipped jacket is in fine condition with the lightest of shelf wear.
Richard Hakluyt the younger, a contemporary of William Shakespeare, advocated the creation of English colonies in the New World at a time when the advantages of this idea were far from self-evident. This book describes in detail the life and times of Hakluyt, a trained minister who became an editor of travel accounts. Hakluyt's Promise demonstrates his prominent role in the establishment of English America as well as his interests in English opportunities in the East Indies. The volume presents nearly 50 illustrations—many unpublished since the sixteenth century—and offers a fresh view of Hakluyt's milieu and the central concerns of the Elizabethan age.
Richard Hakluyt the younger, a contemporary of William Shakespeare, advocated the creation of English colonies in the New World at a time when the advantages of this idea were far from self-evident. This book describes in detail the life and times of Hakluyt, a trained minister who became an editor of travel accounts. Hakluyt's Promise demonstrates his prominent role in the establishment of English America as well as his interests in English opportunities in the East Indies. The volume presents nearly 50 illustrations—many unpublished since the sixteenth century—and offers a fresh view of Hakluyt's milieu and the central concerns of the Elizabethan age.
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- Title
- Hakluyt's Promise: An Elizabethan's Obsession for an English America
- Author
- Mancall, Peter C
- Book Condition
- Used
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- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0300110545
- ISBN 13
- 9780300110548
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven
- This edition first published
- January 10, 2007
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